It is recommended that you pick a project in your Junior year, as most internships and volunteer experiences are held during the summer before your capstone course begins. Every project must have a mentor that is not your capstone adviser (i.e. not Ms. Carreira). Mentors may be scientists, engineers, healthcare workers, internship supervisors, or other STEM field professionals. You will be responsible for keeping a time sheet that your mentor will sign off on after each meeting for a total of 60 non-school meeting hours. See the capstone handbook for more info and for a description of the types of projects that you may do. This is an individual assignment and it is posted on Google Classroom.

Due date: August 30th, 2019

Required Documents (in addition to the assignment below):

• time sheet (60 hour minimum. signed by mentor or supervisor after each meeting)

• Mentor Agreement & Verification (signed by mentor before and after project completion)

This assignment is posted on Google Classroom and includes 2 parts:

Part 1. Project & Internship Information

• • Mentor name and contact and information (Ms. Carreira must contact this person to confirm mentor expectations)

  • Internship contact person and information (Ms. Carreira must contact this person to confirm internship). Once internship is established, you are responsible for acquiring internship forms from Ms. Carreira, which must be filled out by the student, parent/guardian, and internship supervisor BEFORE the internship begins. After paperwork is complete, you are eligible for an off-campus pass to attend your internship.

  • 150-word description of what you will be doing for your project and what your product will be. Include why you selected this project and how it relates to your post-high school academic and/or career plans. Also include why and how you selected your mentor and how he or she will assist you.

  • 150-word description of the internship that you will be completing. Including where it is, what you will be doing, and why you selected this option.

Part 2. Timeline

• • review all assignment due dates for this course and propose a timeline for completing your project. This should include internship times, meetings with mentor, completion of assignments, steps you will take to complete the assignment, etc.

Capstone Experiences and Descriptions

Students must select one type of capstone project.

Business Enterprise/ Virtual Enterprise

…develop a business plan and start up a business with the guidance of a teacher and a business partner. The business may be online only (virtual enterprise), or in a physical location. The student will meet all legal requirements for establishing a business.

Community Service

…work with a non-profit community agency to create innovative solutions or enhancements to existing programs, promote social/community/global awareness and responsibility, or inspire engagement in social/community/global solutions.

Extended Learning via Observation

…spend a minimum of 75 hours observing performance based duties, tasks, and responsibilities specific to a job in a particular career that requires post-secondary education.

Innovation in Product Design and Development

…work independently or in a team to design and develop an innovative method and/or product for industry, community, or individual utility, using an approved design process. Justification of the need for the innovation must be provided and based on research. Business and industry support will be engaged in the project for expertise only. All phases of the work must be recorded, and included in the paper and presentation.

Internship

…participate in a paid or unpaid internship as determined by the employer, in a professional workplace specific to the student’s academy and/or pathway program. The student will spend a minimum of 75 hours learning and executing performance based duties, tasks, and responsibilities specific to the particular career being studied. The career must require post-secondary education.

Leadership Project

…create, develop, lead and manage an event, activity, etc., in which other students, adults, and/or community members are engaged. The project must include specific and measurable outcomes that demonstrate benefit to an organization (in-school, non-profit, for profit, government, etc.)

Research Project

…complete research to answer a scientifically posed question and establish facts through supervised experimentation, or a systematic investigation related to the student’s career interest. The student must work with an appropriate partner (business/post-secondary) to develop the question to be investigated and if experimental, a hypothesis.

Service Learning

…identify a project and complete a minimum of 80 hours of service learning in which the student is required to use current course learning outcomes to meet goals of service learning project.

Work-Based Learning (Internship)

…complete a minimum of 120 hours working in the pathway related industry for which the student has completed a minimum of two courses. The student will prepare for the experience in rigorous academic and CTE courses, and be prepared to meet employer expectations. This should be reserved for students with the opportunity for early release time.